Support meeting for ex-Telegen staff and all call centre workers
7pm Thursday June 3
Kemptown Crypt, underneath St George's church, St George's Road, Brighton
This meeting is sponsored by campaign group Youth Fight For Jobs and is supported by Brighton, Hove and District Trades Union Council.
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On Friday June 21 up to 400 workers at call centre Telegen were made redundant without any notice, due to Telegen going into liquidation. This has had a big impact on their lives. They are now owed a minimum of two weeks pay, and it is up to the creditors to decide how much they will receive.
Brighton and Hove Trades Council and Youth Fight for Jobs have called this meeting to give advice to the workers and launch a campaign to get call centre workers into trade unions. A speaker from the PCS Trade Union Young Members Network will be answering questions on workplace and redundancy rights.
This meeting will be part Q&A, part an explanation of the benefit of being in a trade union and part a rally to say to young workers and workers generally; how many more job losses must we face in Brighton and Britain as a whole?
In the words of one ex-Telegen worker: "It is disgusting the way they have treated us. Employers take us for granted; they see us as numbers not people. We have food, rent and bills to pay but they don’t care. They think we are disposable.
"We want our wages and we want them soon! We want compensation for the worry and difficulties we have been through, especially the people who have lost their homes. We want the books to be opened and we want to see where all the money went. And we want to know why they lied to us, and why the Directors couldn’t face us themselves?"
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Meeting Dates
Meetings take place on the second Wednesday of the month
We alternate between executive committee meetings and full trades council meetings. All delegates are encouraged to attend full meetings and any trade union member may attend as a visitor.
Email BrightonTradesCouncil@gmail.com to be informed of meeting dates and times.
How to get involved
Contact: In the first instance contact the General Secretary Andy Richards at brightontradescouncil@gmail.com
Trades union councils consist of representatives of trade unions or branches of trade unions which meet within the area covered by that council, or which have members working or living in the area. A union branch will normally affiliate to the trades unions council in the area in which it meets.
Trades union councils consist of representatives of trade unions or branches of trade unions which meet within the area covered by that council, or which have members working or living in the area. A union branch will normally affiliate to the trades unions council in the area in which it meets.
Who are we and what do we do?
Trades union councils bring together trade unions to campaign around issues effecting working people in their workplaces and local communities.
Trades Union Councils consist of trade unions or branches of
Trades Union Councils consist of trade unions or branches of
trade unions which meet within the area covered by that council, or which have members working or living in the area.
A union branch will normally affiliate to the trades union council in the area in which it meets. Each branch will then send delegates to the trades union council's meetings. These branches pay an affiliation fee. Their delegates elect officers from amongst themselves to represent the views and priorities of the constituent branches and to take responsibility for working for and supporting the policy of Congress and the Trades Union Council (TUC) General Council. This is because trades union councils are registered with the TUC, rather than being entirely independent bodies. The Annual Conference of Trades Union Councils takes place over a May weekend.
Brighton Hove & District Trades Council was first formed in the function room above The Eagle pub in Gloucester Road, Brighton in 1890.
Aims and objectives
> Raise public awareness of rights at work and the union role in enforcing those rights.
> Promote organising and recruitment drives to build union membership.
> Support union and community campaigns for dignity and respect in the workplace and beyond.
With the threats of racism and fascism, changes in the labour market and debates over the future of public services, the trade union voice in the community is as important as ever.
The capacity of trades union councils to provide a local response and to organise trade unionists into coalitions with other progressive forces is crucial. They do this by providing services which keep local trade unionists up to date with developments within the wider trade union movement, and by taking up relevant local industrial and community issues.